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lag
1[ lag ]
verb (used without object)
- to fail to maintain a desired pace or to keep up; fall or stay behind:
After five minutes of hard running, some of them began to lag.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- to move or develop slowly, as toward a goal or objective, or in relation to an associated factor (often followed by behind ):
to lag behind in production.
- to delay or fail in reaching full development:
The factory lags regularly in making its quota.
The old friends lagged because they wanted to talk some more.
- to decrease, wane, or flag gradually, as in intensity:
Interest lagged as the meeting went on.
- (in video games) to experience a delay between player input or game signals and the in-game manifestation of that action, often due to high network latency:
I’m lagging so hard that enemies are killing me before I can even attack them.
- Marbles. to throw one's shooting marble toward a line lag line on the ground in order to decide on the order of play.
- Billiards, Pool. string ( def 33 ).
verb (used with object)
- to fail to keep up with:
The industry still lags the national economy.
- Obsolete. to cause to lag.
noun
- a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
Synonyms:
- a person who lags behind, is the last to arrive, etc.
- an interval or lapse of time:
There was a developmental lag in the diffusion of ideas.
- Digital Technology.
- Also called dis·play lag [dih-, spley, lag]. the delay between a signal input and its display on a screen, as a high-definition television screen or LCD, due to latency in digital data conversion.
- Also called in·put lag [in, -p, oo, t lag]. (in video games) a display lag between player input or game signals and the in-game manifestation of that action, due to differences in display refresh rate or controller input:
To make a competitive speed run, your best display option for minimal lag is still a CRT.
- Also called net·work lag [net, -wurk lag]. (in video games) such a display lag due to high network latency:
If you have an old computer or slow connection, lag makes multiplayer gameplay difficult.
- Mechanics. the amount of retardation of some motion.
- Electricity. the retardation of one alternating quantity, as current, with respect to another related alternating quantity, as voltage, often expressed in degrees.
- Marbles, Billiards, Pool. the act of lagging.
lag
2[ lag ]
verb (used with object)
- to send to penal servitude; imprison
noun
- a convict or ex-convict.
- a period or term of penal servitude; prison sentence.
lag
3[ lag ]
noun
- one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
- Masonry. a crosspiece between ribs in a centering.
verb (used with object)
- to line or cover (an excavation) with lagging.
- to cover with insulation, as a steam boiler, to prevent radiation of heat.
lag
1/ æɡ /
verb
- often foll by behind to hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc
- to fall away in strength or intensity
- to determine an order of play in certain games, as by rolling marbles towards a line or, in billiards, hitting cue balls up the table against the top cushion in an attempt to bring them back close to the headrail
noun
- the act or state of slowing down or falling behind
- the interval of time between two events, esp between an action and its effect
- an act of lagging in a game, such as billiards
lag
2/ æɡ /
noun
- a convict or ex-convict (esp in the phrase old lag )
- a term of imprisonment
verb
- tr to arrest or put in prison
lag
3/ æɡ /
verb
- tr to cover (a pipe, cylinder, etc) with lagging to prevent loss of heat
noun
- the insulating casing of a steam cylinder, boiler, etc; lagging
- a stave or lath
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Example Sentences
Yet, despite such major gains, Indian agriculture still lags in productivity, infrastructure and market access.
This has created a political dilemma for Poilievre, Mr Wesley noted, who is now lagging in national polls behind Carney and the Liberals - a dramatic reversal after his party had been ahead since mid-2023.
Mexico’s economy, mired in slow growth and lagging investor confidence, is heavily dependent on cross-border trade — and the United States receives more than 80% of its exports.
Jack says long-distance travel and jet lag - where your body clock needs time to adjust to a new time zone - has caused problems when he's tried to get rest for foreign competitions.
Some experts have warned that Trump’s far-reaching tariff proposals could send Mexico’s economy — already experiencing slow growth and lagging investor confidence — into a recession.
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